Inter Milan has reached the final of the Champions League for the first time since 2010. The Nerazzurri won Europe’s top championship in 2010 by defeating Bayern Munich in Madrid, completing the first football triple in Italian history, and winning the premier competition. They will be looking for a victory this time to prevent Manchester City from achieving their own historic treble. Let’s examine the path of Inter Milan to the Champions League championship.
Round of 16
First leg: Inter 1-0 Porto
Second leg: Porto 0-0 Inter
You already know all there is to know about this tie because it was decided by a single goal. The match between Inter and Porto was fiercely and closely contested. Inzaghi’s squad played smart defense and depended on Romelu Lukaku’s strike in the 86th minute to advance to the quarterfinals at San Siro.
Quarterfinals
First leg: Benfica 0-2 Inter
Second leg: Inter 3-3 Benfica
Benfica’s ability to fully win a group that included both Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, as well as Inter’s up-and-down performance leading up to this match, made I Nerazzurri the clear underdogs going into this quarterfinal. Inter was able to go into the second leg at San Siro with a 2-0 advantage because to Nicolo Barella’s particularly outstanding performance in the first game at Estadio de Luz. The second leg would see Inter match Benfica blow for blow, drawing 3-3 to set up a Milan derby semifinal.
Semi-finals
First leg: AC Milan 0-2 Inter
Second leg: Inter 1-0 AC Milan
In a UEFA Champions League semifinal, a Milan derby? Really, it doesn’t get any better than that, does it? Particularly if you support Inter, since the Nerazzurri supporters witnessed two historic victories against their neighbourhood rivals in the middle of May. First up was Inter’s lone “away leg,” which they won thanks to goals from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the first 10 minutes. The ‘home crowd’ for the evening went wild after Lautaro Martinez scored the game’s lone goal to win the second.
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